Effects of manufacturing errors on tribological characteristics of 3-D textured micro- thrust bearings

被引:17
作者
Charitopoulos, A. G. [1 ]
Efstathiou, E. E. [1 ]
Papadopoulos, C. I. [1 ]
Nikolakopoulos, P. G. [2 ]
Kaiktsis, L. [1 ]
机构
[1] Natl Tech Univ Athens, Sch Naval Architecture & Marine Engn, Zografos GR-15710, Greece
[2] Univ Patras, Univ Patras, Dept Mech & Aeronaut Engn, Machine Design Lab, GR-26500 Patras, Greece
关键词
Micro- thrust bearings; CFD; Manufacturing errors; Performance sensitivity;
D O I
10.1016/j.cirpj.2012.12.001
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The performance sensitivity of textured micro- thrust bearings to manufacturing errors is investigated by means of Navier-Stokes Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations, for incompressible isothermal flow. Bearings of optimized geometry are modelled as three-dimensional micro-channels, consisting of a smooth moving wall, and a stationary wall exhibiting periodic rectangular dimples. Discrepancies in the size and shape of the texture geometry, as well as macroscopic errors in the stationary surface (concavity/convexity and waviness) are considered and parametrically modelled. The effects of manufacturing errors on the bearing load carrying capacity and friction coefficient are analyzed, for representative width-to-length bearing ratios. In a number of cases, manufacturing errors result in improved performance of textured micro-thrust bearings. (C) 2012 CIRP.
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页码:128 / 142
页数:15
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